Archive for the ‘Himalayan Village Education Trust’ Category

We’ve been out of India since the last two years, and our centres are being guided by a very learned and good friend (Anuradha Bawa Singh), who is also the present Managing trustee, the women-in-charges of each section have been made a ‘Trustee‘ and have been entrusted with the responsibility of managing their respective sections and to take decisions collectively for the over-all running of the Trust. Everything is running well (though there may have been minor hiccups) and we do get to talk to them often …. but what we really missed was seeing their activities and the changes that were taking place.

So…. I was positively ‘thrilled‘ to know that our simple village girls had mastered the knack of digital photography (though connectivity is still a problem and quite expensive).. and after a long time got some fresh photographs of our projects in Kangra and Chamba.

Our Trustees (who are also the ‘incharge’ of their sections) in Dalhousie and are managing the Centres and Libraries

‘Rekha’ the teacher of ‘Talai Village Centre’ awarding the passing out certificates to the batch of 2013-14

‘Vandana’ the teacher incharge of ‘Bathri centre’ as well as the manager of the Bathri unit, presenting the Certificates to her batch.

‘Naddi’ Centre batch of 2013-14 after the passing out

‘Gayatri’ the incharge of ‘Naddi and Ghera’ village centres presenting passing out certificates

Only the girls who get more than 50% marks are deemed passed and awarded the certificates

The students who get more than 80% marks are awarded a Sewing machine

The one who comes 2nd, gets a full kit of tailoring material

There’s a lot of dancing and joy at the ‘Graduation party’ party… which involves local songs and dancing

… a lot of fun and laughter too…

a little ‘party’… some local sweets… some snacks… a cup of tea… it’s enough to enjoy…

In the monsoons there are very less girls who come to the centre in ‘Ghera’ village

The first three from left are ‘Reena’ our Junior teacher, ‘Gayatri’, the Senior teacher and ‘Somna’, the language and library incharge. It is now monsoon season in the hills, not many want to come to the centre… it can be dangerous to reach here…

The state of this tiny rivulet changes into a gushing wild river during the monsoon period (as seen behind Gayatri)

… the girls have to cross this kind of a bridge to reach the centre, which is why we declare a two month break during this season